Tag: Italian
Review: Verdi’s ‘Il Trovatore’ by the Academy of Vocal Arts
Verdi’s Il Trovatore was revived at the Academy of Vocal Arts for the first time in 20 years this week, and it’s a revelation....
Meet the Cast and Director of Providence Players’ ‘Amadeus’ Part 1:...
Amadeus, the late Peter Shaffer’s Tony and Academy Award-winning masterpiece opens September 30, 2016, and kicks off the Providence Players' 2016-2017 season.
Chip: Please tell...
Review: ‘The Taming of the Shrew’ at Shakespeare Theatre Company
Roman Holiday: The Taming of the Shrew at Shakespeare Theatre Company
According to scholar Jonathan Bate, “‘Shakespeare’ may be thought of as a vast collection...
Review: Il Volo at The Kennedy Center
I’ve always known that the mix of pop music and classical singing is one of the most popular music styles in Italy. What I...
An Interview with Singer Jen Creed-Performing ‘A Night at the Oscars’...
Jen Creed, once a mathematician and former recruiter in the investment management industry, now sits on the Board of Directors of The Voice Foundation, and teaches voice, and serves...
Review: ‘Twelfth Night’ at Laurel Mill Playhouse
William Shakespeare’s delightful comedy Twelfth Night rings in the New Year at Laurel Mill Playhouse. The run of the show cleverly opens on the...
Meet the Cast of ‘The Most Happy Fella’ at The Catholic...
In Part 4 of a series of interviews with the cast of Catholic University’s The Most Happy Fella, meet Harrison Smith.
Joel: Introduce yourself to our...
An Interview with Richard Glazier, Host of ‘From Broadway to Hollywood,’...
If you want to call Richard Glazier a throwback, go right ahead. He loves it. For Glazier, there’s nothing better than sitting at a...
‘Being Leonardo da Vinci (An Impossible Interview)’ at The Kennedy Center
Italian director and actor Massimiliano Finazzer Flory brought his latest project, Being Leonardo da Vinci (An Impossible Interview), to The Kennedy Center on April 2,...
Arts Collective Dance Company Concert at Arts Collective @ HCC
HCC puts cutting edge moves on display
Those looking for a quick introduction to what’s hot in contemporary dance could spend a small bundle on...
Bellini’s ‘La Sonnambula’ (The Sleepwalker) at The In Series
It’s eleven o’clock. Do you know where your children are?
A question we’ve become accustomed to, it’s meant to both prod us and reassure us...
The Washington Metropolitan Philharmonic at the Church of the Epiphany
The sheer number of mid-rank orchestras in the Washington area guarantees a wide variety of musical approaches to holiday concerts. But the prize for...
‘Tchaikovsky is Forever: Operatic Arias and Romances’ at The Embassy of...
Say “Tchaikovsky,” and as Christmas creeps ever closer, be it excitingly or inexorably, visions of sugar plums, graceful ballerinas in sparkles and white tulle,...
Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons at Strathmore
Just too good to be true, we can’t take our eyes off Frankie Vallie and his crew
The Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons show at...
Spine: Ontologically Speaking (Perhaps) Absolutely!
In Luigi Pirandelo's most famous play, Six Characters in Search of an Author, the frustrated theatrical director demands that the father of the wandering...
Meet the Cast of Annapolis Shakespeare Company’s ‘The Schemings of Scapin’:...
In Part 1 of 3 sets of interviews with the zany cast of Annapolis Shakespeare Company's The Schemings of Scapin, meet Jackie Madejski, Lauren Turchin Fox,...
‘Emptying the Skies’ at the Environmental Film Festival
The 22nd annual Environmental Film Festival in the nation’s capital might cynically be described as the herding of backpack-wearing “woolly hippies” by greenback-seeking scientists...
‘Pink Martini’ at Wolf Trap by Teal Ruland
When I listen to Pink Martini, I often feel that I should either be sipping a martini in a dark and cool lounge, or else...
DCMTA’s ‘Nibble and Sips’ Columnist Jordan Wright to Judge ‘Taste of...
As the sole celebrity judge for this weekend's Taste of Del Ray, I'm pondering how I'll be able to select a winner from a slate...